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MichaelT's avatar
MichaelT
Occasional Visitor
9 months ago

Implementation of Java SE

Any thoughts on this - 

Our infrastructure group is currently assessing the implementation of Java SE on each machine as part of an effort to mitigate potential Oracle license complications, 

The infrastructure group is currently evaluating the usage of Java SE on each machine to ensure compliance and avoid any Oracle license issues. Additionally, they are assessing their responsibility regarding the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) bundled with SoapUI or determining if this aspect falls under the jurisdiction of SMARTBEAR

  • Humashankar's avatar
    Humashankar
    9 months ago

    Hi - I hope that you are Doing good !!

    It's noted that in version 5.4.0 of SoapUI, the documentation states, "SoapUI now uses Java 1.8." However, in version 5.6.0, there's a mention of "Support for OpenJDK 12."

    This indicates that the transition from the Oracle Java 8 implementation to OpenJDK occurred in the 5.6.0 version released in 2020.

    It's worth mentioning that Oracle revised its licensing policies after JDK 11, prompting many organizations to transition to OpenJDK implementations for their Java-based applications

    Hope this helps and happy to assist further !!

    Thank you very much and have a fantastic day!
    Warm regards

  • Humashankar's avatar
    Humashankar
    Champion Level 3
    9 months ago

    Hi - I hope that you are Doing good !!

    It's noted that in version 5.4.0 of SoapUI, the documentation states, "SoapUI now uses Java 1.8." However, in version 5.6.0, there's a mention of "Support for OpenJDK 12."

    This indicates that the transition from the Oracle Java 8 implementation to OpenJDK occurred in the 5.6.0 version released in 2020.

    It's worth mentioning that Oracle revised its licensing policies after JDK 11, prompting many organizations to transition to OpenJDK implementations for their Java-based applications

    Hope this helps and happy to assist further !!

    Thank you very much and have a fantastic day!
    Warm regards

    • sofygrafe's avatar
      sofygrafe
      New Member
      3 months ago

      Hello, is there a documentation on how to use another version of java? At this moment, i am using 5.7.2 and oracle java is still in the installer directory.

      Is there a config file to change to point to our current java version?

      Thank you.

  • Humashankar's avatar
    Humashankar
    Champion Level 3
    3 months ago

    Hi sofygrafe 

    Start by locating the soapui.bat file, which is typically found in the SOAPUI_HOME/bin directory.

    Next, open this file in a text editor to edit its contents. Specifically, you'll need to set the JAVA_HOME variable by adding or modifying the corresponding line to point to your desired Java version.

    For instance, you might set it to: set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_92. This will ensure SoapUI uses the correct Java version for its operations

    For more help, please refer the similar post - How to change the used java version of SoapUI ? | SmartBear Community

    Hope this helps - Happy to help further!!
    Thank you very much and have a great one!
    Warm regards